{"product_id":"book-gae8","title":"Clayton Grange: Series 1\u00262","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Head stars in the BBC Radio sitcom about a team of brilliantly stupid scientists who are as bad at life as they are at science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHidden in the midst of a remote Surrey village (at the top of the hill, opposite Budgens) is top-secret scientific research institute Clayton Grange. There, a team of bumbling boffins, led by the keen but hopeless Professor Linden Saunders, try to fulfil their government brief to solve the global fuel crisis, cheer people up and make war just a bit more gentle. Sadly, they're as rubbish at science as they are at life - but they're not going to let mere incompetence stop them from pushing the boundaries of human knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn these two series, they try to make the nation happier (with the help of a relentlessly cheerful robot named Bunty); endeavour to bring a man back from the dead; launch their revolutionary spray-on clothes and take advantage of 'bring your child to work day' to do some controversial genetic manipulation. But there's trouble in store when a local MP comes to visit; an embarrassing virus escapes from the lab; and the team tries to impress a visiting Nobel Prize judge with their self-replicating killer robo-ants...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScripted by Neil Warhurst with additional material by Paul Barnhill, this sparkling comedy stars \u003cb\u003eAnthony Head\u003c\/b\u003e as Saunders, with a full cast including \u003cb\u003eNeil Warhurst, Paul Barnhill, Stephanie Racine, Don Gilet\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMiriam Margolyes\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by Neil Warhurst with extra material by Paul Barnhill\u003cbr\u003eProduced and directed by Marion Nancarrow and Sally Avens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eCast\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Saunders - \u003cb\u003eAnthony Head\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoff Prowse - \u003cb\u003eNeil Warhurst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoger Bucks - \u003cb\u003ePaul Barnhill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Jameson - \u003cb\u003eStephanie Racine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelen\/Bunty\/Lionel\/Verenovsky\/Quiz master - \u003cb\u003eDon Gilet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Dobson - \u003cb\u003ePaul Stonehouse\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilas - \u003cb\u003eJoe Sims\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGwynnie - \u003cb\u003eHeather Craney\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiles Bentley - \u003cb\u003eDavid Cann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDanny - \u003cb\u003eWilf Scolding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKurt\/Announcer - \u003cb\u003eClive Hayward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAunt Felicity - \u003cb\u003eMiriam Margolyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSimon Prowse - \u003cb\u003eAlbie Warhurst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIzzy - \u003cb\u003eCassie Layton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnders Bjornstad - \u003cb\u003eSimon Kunz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 25 September-16 October 2012 (Series 1), 10 June-1 July 2014 (Series 2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Brilliantly funny'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49357603176752,"sku":"BDgae8","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/320209-gae8-Square.jpg?v=1734433698","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gae8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}